GI-FI TECHNOLOGY

FOR MANY YEARS , CABLES RULED THE WORLD. OPTICAL FIBER S PLAYED A DOMINANT
ROLE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGHER BIT RATES AND FASTER TRANSMISSION . BUT THE
INSTALLATION OF CABLES CAUSED A GREATER DIFFICULTY AND THUS LED TO WIRELESS
ACCESS .

THE FOREMOST OF THIS IS BLUETOOTH , WHICH CAN COVER 9-10 METRES. W I-FI
FOLLOWED IT HAVING COVERAGE AREA OF 91METRES . NO DOUBT, INTRODUCTION OF W I-F I
(WIRELESS FIDELITY) HAS BROUGHT A REVOLUTIONARY SOLUTION TO LAST MILE
PROBLEM. HOWEVER , THE STANDARD 'S ORIGINAL LIMITATIONS FOR DATA EXCHANGE RATE
AND RANGE, NUMBER OF CHANNELS , HIGH COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE NOT YET
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR W I-F I TO BECOME A TOTAL THREAT TO CELLULAR NETWORKS ON
ONE HAND , AND HARD -WIRE NETWORKS , ON THE OTHER . BUT THE MAN S CONTINUOUS
QUEST FOR EVEN BETTER TECHNOLOGY DESPITE THE SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTAGES OF
PRESENT TECHNOLOGIES LED TO THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW, MORE UP - TO -DATE
STANDARDS FOR DATA EXCHANGE RATE I.E.,

GI-FI .IT WILL HELP TO PUSH WIRELESS

COMMUNICATIONS TO FASTER DRIVE .

GI-FI(GIGABIT FIDELITY ) OR GIGABIT W IRELESS IS THE WORLD 'S FIRST TRANSCEIVER

INTEGRATED ON A SINGLE CHIP THAT OPERATES AT 60 GHZ ON THE CMOS PROCESS . IT WILL
ALLOW WIRELESS TRANSFER OF AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA UP TO 5 G IGABITS PER SECOND ,
TEN TIMES THE CURRENT MAXIMUM WIRELESS TRANSFER RATE AT ONE - TENTH OF THE
COST, USUALLY WITHIN A RANGE OF 10 METERS . IT UTILIZES A 5MM SQUARE CHIP AND A
1MM WIDE ANTENNA BURNING LESS THAN 2 MW OF POWER TO TRANSMIT DATA WIRELESSLY
OVER SHORT DISTANCES , MUCH LIKE BLUETOOTH .
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ENABLE THE TRULY WIRELESS OFFICE AND HOME IN THE FUTURE.
AS THE INTEGRATED TRANSCEIVER IS EXTREMELY SMALL, IT CAN BE EMBEDDED INTO
DEVICES . THE BREAKTHROUGH WILL MEAN THE NETWORKING OF OFFICE AND HOME
EQUIPMENT WITHOUT WIRES WILL FINALLY BECOME A REALITY . IT PROVIDES A LOW COST,
LOW POWER AND HIGH BROADBAND CHIP , WHICH WILL BE VITAL IN ENABLING THE DIGITAL
ECONOMY .